under-housekeeper

Updated: June 17, 2025

But really the vision of a bright maid-servant who is "deceitful, lazy, and inclined to be dishonest," and the havoc which she might work in a well-ordered household, is scarcely less appalling. A much more deserving case is this which I append: "Under-Housekeeper, under-Matron, desired by a Young Woman, age 22. Energetic, domesticated.

George William Erskine Russell - Collections and Recollections

Half an hour later, when the under-housekeeper was summoned to receive Miss Trotter's orders, she found that lady quietly writing at the table. Among the orders she received was the notification that Mr. Calton's rooms would be vacated the next day.

Bret Harte - From Sand Hill to Pine